Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Directed by	Louis King
Produced by	Harold Hurley (producer) Edward T. Lowe Jr. (producer)
Screenplay by	Garnett Weston
Based on	Challenge 1937 novel by Herman C. McNeile
Starring	John Howard Heather Angel H.B. Warner
Music by	Milan Roder
Cinematography	William C. Mellor
Edited by	Anne Bauchens
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	August 5, 1938 (1938-08-05)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bulldog Drummond in Africa is a 1938 American crime thriller film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922-1969.^[1]

Plot summary

Again on the eve of his wedding Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pressing concerns when he sets off from London for Spanish-Morocco, because his fiancée Phillis Clavering (Heather Angel (actress)) has seen Colonel Nielsen (H.B. Warner) from Scotland Yard being kidnapped by an international criminal gang. Their intent is to force him to reveal the secrets of the British Empire's latest military technology. With his fiancée (Heather Angel), chum 'Algy' (Reginald Denny), & valet 'Tenny' Tennyson (E.E. Clive) in tow, Bulldog outwits Scotland Yard's bureaucratic blundering, flies his own plane 1200 miles only to find more bureaucratic blundering by the local British Consul ordering him home without delay. Drummond and his friends aren't easy to get rid of however and soon they mount a rescue plan, liberating the Colonel Nielsen, saving the Empire and throwing the villain to his own captive lions in the process.

Cast

John Howard as Capt. Hugh Chesterton "Bulldog" Drummond
Heather Angel as Phyllis Clavering
H.B. Warner as Col. J.A. Nielsen
J. Carrol Naish as Richard Lane
Reginald Denny as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
E.E. Clive as "Tenny" Tennyson
Anthony Quinn as Fordine (a henchman)
Michael Brooke as Baron Nevsky
Matthew Boulton as Major Grey
Neil Fitzgerald as McTurk (a British spy)

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0034942/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

External links

Bulldog Drummond in Africa at the Internet Movie Database
Bulldog Drummond in Africa at AllMovie
Bulldog Drummond in Africa at the TCM Movie Database
Bulldog Drummond in Africa at the American Film Institute Catalog
Bulldog Drummond in Africa is available for free download at the Internet Archive

H. C. McNeile's Bulldog Drummond

Novels	Bulldog Drummond The Black Gang The Third Round The Final Count The Female of the Species Temple Tower The Return of Bulldog Drummond Knock-Out Bulldog Drummond at Bay Challenge

Films	Bulldog Drummond (1922) The Third Round (1925) Bulldog Drummond (1929) Temple Tower (1930) The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) Bulldog Jack (1935) Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938) Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947) 13 Lead Soldiers (1948) The Challenge (1948) Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) Deadlier Than the Male (1967) Some Girls Do (1969)

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